Antonia Ladleif is my mother’s father’s mother‚ or my great-grandmother. She was born on March 12‚ 1928 in Warburg‚ Germany; however now at the age of 88 she has moved to the town of Darmstadt‚ Germany. Growing up she lived on the outskirts of the main city‚ in a two story farm house with a small amount of land‚ on which her family raised sparse number pigs and chickens. In the house she lived with her father‚ Anton Otto; mother‚ Else Otto; an older sister‚ Hedwig Otto; and a nanny‚ "Tante Cohn"
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The Burdens lose Jake and Otto to the west in the beginning‚ and soon after the Burdens move into town‚ Antonia becomes a servant for one of the neighbors. However‚ her servitude for the Harling family is short lived‚ and she soon quits and works for another family. She quit because the Harling family was disapproving of her social habits‚ especially that of going to dances. Although Antonia wanted to help support her family‚ her willingness to quit a job that tries to stifle her social suggests
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the Wingfield family who live in St. Louis. Another work of literature‚ My Ántonia by Willa Cather‚ was published in 1918. It focuses on two families‚ the Burdens and the Shimerdas‚ who live on the Nebraskan prairie. In these two works of literature‚ Tom Wingfield and Mr. Shimerda sacrifice their happiness for their families but‚ eventually cannot handle their own unhappiness and they abandon their families. In My Ántonia‚ Mr. Shimerda gives up his happiness and his
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Jim and Antonia are both extremely different characters from the beginning to the end of the book. Antonia at the beginning was a young girl filled with dreams‚ ambition‚ and having big plans for the future. She starts learning the language‚ going to a good school‚ however‚ when her father dies this is put on hold. She just would not imagine for how long. After this happens she needed to help her family. She did just this and then fell head over heals with a man who would not lead her to her best
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My Healthy and Safe Home Setting As a Registered Childminder‚ I have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all children placed in my care. There are many different factors to consider when maintaining a safe and healthy home‚ and I have identified the following as the key components: Environment- Home and Garden Equipment and Resources Fire Safety Storage and Handling of chemicals‚ medicines and first aid items COSHH General Hygiene Personal Hygiene Animal Safety and Hygiene
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Setting of “My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux” Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864 Members of Group Khadijah Ledy Yunia 122154048 Elva Rosyana Eibrizha 122154052 Oni Octaviani 122154059 Christin Hadi W. 122154238 Definition of setting Kinds of setting Function of setting Definition of Setting Setting is the place and time at which literary work such as a play‚ novel‚ or film is represented as happening. The elements of setting may include culture‚ historical period‚ geography‚ and hour. (wikipedia) Time
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THE FRIENDSHIP OF ANTONIA AND JIM “Since I’ve been away‚ I think of you more often than of anyone else in this part of the world. I’d have like to have you for a sweetheart‚ or a wife‚ or my mother or my sister anything that a woman can be to man (Cather 240). In Willa Cather’s My Antonia‚ Jim Burden spoke those words to his lifelong love‚ Antonia Shimerda. Jim and Antonia were close friends‚ but were so far apart in other aspects; therefore‚ they never got a chance to be husband and wife. One
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to discuss how much Jim Burden feels about Antonia Shimerda. The relationship between Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda is very special‚ They share a closeness that proves to withstand the tests of time. Even after years went by and their lives had changed considerably‚ Jim and Antonia kept a loyal‚ beautiful friendship. They both had met as youngsters‚ embanking on a new adventure‚ new life in the West. Jim had been the first person that taught Antonia the English language. She admired Jim’s knowledge
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Cather’s admiration for Antonia is very clear throughout the book in my own opinion. Antonia goes through lots of difficult hardships like her father’s sudden suicide and her fiance leaving her while pregnant‚ but she continues to percervere and take care of her family no matter what the circumstances are in her way. She is generous‚ vivacious‚ and an inspiration for girls everywhere. An example of this is shining through especially when Mr. Harling stated “You’ve been going with these girls who
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For this assignment‚ I have analyzed and set my major goals and values‚ thus giving me a better understanding about what I want to achieve in my future and how I should achieve them. The values that I discovered from my evaluation of myself have also helped me to know myself better in terms of what kind of person I am and what kinds of decision I will most likely make. When I am making important decisions such as choosing my courses or the post-secondary institution I want to go to‚ the knowledge
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